HEROES OF '76 LIGHT HORSE HARRY LEE CAMP
Commander's Message
Ralph Smith, Commander
February-March 2010
Adjutant’s Message
At this writing Commander Ralph Smith is in Fairfax Hospital for observation. We wish him a speedy recovery.
The January Bivouac was held on 27 January at Camp Collingwood. Acting Commander Woody Bentley opened the meeting at 1930 hours after a sumptuous submarine sandwich dinner provided by Adjutant Les Albers. Brother Johnny Mayers kept tally of attendees. Brother Bill Turner gave the opening and closing prayer and briefed the assemblage on the Conference of Grand Masters in North America.
The keynote speaker for the Bivouac was Brother Richard Abell who spoke on the research and development of his 1998 biography of one of his relatives, Augustus Pitt Adamson, titled “Sojourns of a Patriot: The field and prison papers of an unreconstructed Confederate.” He explained how the eighty letters and papers describing life in the Confederate Army and Union prisoner of war camps were saved from destruction by an attentive relative. Rick further described research into the unit's flags and uniforms. It was a most enlightening discussion.
History notes for February in the Revolutionary War: February 27, 1776: Battle of Moore's Creek, North Carolina, American militia defeated a force of Loyalists, capturing 850, killing and wounding seventy while losing two wounded, one mortally. February 1782, Henry Lee was granted a leave of absence and never returned to duty.
The next Bivouac for Light Horse Harry Lee Camp will be Wednesday, 31 March at Fort Collingwood. Dinner at 1830 (Menu To be determined). Call to order at 1900.
More to come.
Les Albers
Adjutant
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